Tracking 652,108 politicians in 216,816 positions across 262 countries and territories
Political data matters.
Understanding who holds power is fundamental to democracy. Transparent, accessible data about political office-holders enables citizens, journalists, and researchers to hold governments accountable.
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We are maintaining this resource to help journalists and researchers study who holds power.
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What's a politician?
Anyone holding public authority: presidents, legislators, judges, senior officials, and military commanders.
Example politicians from dataset coming soon
